Bibliograph

Wasteland, the secret world of waste and the urgent search for a cleaner future, Oliver Franklin-Wallis

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Wasteland, the secret world of waste and the urgent search for a cleaner future, Oliver Franklin-Wallis

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-379) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Wasteland

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1389558850

Responsibility statement

Oliver Franklin-Wallis

Sub title

the secret world of waste and the urgent search for a cleaner future

Summary

"An award-winning investigative journalist takes a deep dive into the global waste crisis, exposing the hidden world that enables our modern economy--and finds out the dirty truth behind a simple question: what really happens to what we throw away?"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction: the tipping floor -- Dirty -- The mountain ; Save scrap for victory! ; The world's garbage can ; Up in smoke ; Used ; Foul -- The cure for cholera ; A third of everything ; Breakdown ; Toxic -- Unholy water ; Control, delete ; The dam breaks ; Hazard ; Epilogue: Precious

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Secret world of waste and the urgent search for a cleaner future

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